We are looking for a Breakfast & After School Club Assistant to provide child care for pupils attending the Harris Primary Academy Purley Way Breakfast and After School Club. You will be working closely with the children providing encouragement, friendship and supervision.

Harris Primary Academy Purley Way has been open since 2016 and is Ofsted rated 'Outstanding' in all areas. At full capacity there will be 21 classes from Reception to Year 6. We opened with a Reception cohort and are growing by a year group at a time with currently over 550 pupils on roll from Reception to Year 6. The whole community strive for Harris Primary Academy Purley Way to be the best it can possibly be which is encapsulated by our vision statement: “Excellence for All”. Our core values of: Positivity, Ambition and Growth, underpin everything that happens in our academy and we have high expectations that these are followed and modelled by all staff, parents and children.

Your role will be to assist the Leader in offering the children a wide range of play activities and ensuring that the club offers the children a relaxed, informed and caring environment, and your responsibilities will include:

• Assisting in the preparation of breakfast, snacks, cleaning away and washing up
• Taking responsibility for a group of children as designated
• Assisting in ensuring that the children are safe at all times, including drawing attention to any risks
• Attending occasional staff meetings and training sessions
• Accompanying the children on outings, accepting responsibility for the whereabouts and safety of a designated small group of children
• Informing the Leader immediately of any incident which could be detrimental to the well-being of any child within the Club's care.
• Generating ideas for and participating in new and improved play activities. This could involve offering a weekly activity, such as arts and crafts, sports or cooking.

We would like to hear from you if you have:

• NVQ Level 2 in Early Years / Play-work / Teaching Assistant or equivalent
• A First Aid Certificate (or willingness to acquire)
• A Food Hygiene Certificate (or willingness to acquire)
• Experience of working with children of relevant age
• Experience of working with children who may have additional needs
• The ability to encourage and inspire young people
• Good organisational skills
• Effective team worker
• The ability to use your own initiative
• The ability to work in a flexible way

If you have any questions about this opportunity, please send us an email, or call to arrange a conversation.

Before applying, please download the Job Pack for full details on the job responsibilities and person specification. This will be helpful for you when completing your application, and throughout the recruitment process.

We encourage you to apply as soon as possible as we may interview and offer to a candidate before the closing date. Please note that we only accept applications submitted before the closing date via our careers website.

Our people are at the heart of our success. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide range of top-quality training programmes delivered at every level.

In addition to the opportunities for career development and progression, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includes our Harris Allowance for teachers on MPS/UPS, a Performance and Loyalty Bonus, Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions, a Wellbeing Cash Plan and many other benefits. Learn more about our benefits on our website.

The Harris Federation and all our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, references, an online search, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed.

The Harris Federation is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates.

We value the diversity of our staff and students, and everyone at the Harris Federation is equally valued and respected. We aim to be an inclusive employer that reflects the communities we serve. We are committed to providing a fair, equitable and mutually supportive learning and working environment.